magnanimity
IPA: mˈægnʌnˈɪmɪti
noun
- The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul.
- That quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objectives.
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Examples of "magnanimity" in Sentences
- "Surely I do not wish to stand beneath Helga in magnanimity!"
- This treating of injuries from the high ground of magnanimity is the action that shall save the world.
- Tish it was, however, who, not to be outdone in magnanimity, permitted them to go, one by one, to the stream to wash.
- -- This is what you call magnanimity -- It is happy for yourself, that you possess this quality in the highest degree.
- Caroline heard it she could not help smiling at the word magnanimity, which sounded to her rather too grand for the occasion.
- Mr. Churchill, whose magnanimity is as great as his power of mischief, half rose to his feet, and murmured, with a bow of his head, "If I am not unworthy, Sir."
- There was a certain magnanimity, he recognized, in Gay's effort to put things right even while he must have preferred in his heart to have them remain in the wrong.
- Even Napoleon's father-in-law, the Emperor of Austria, who had given his daughter in marriage to the arbiter of Europe, did not deign to reply, though only a brief time before he had received many tokens of magnanimity from the French Emperor.
- These principles, bravest of men, might have suited the simple ages of Greece and Rome; a Phocion or a Fabricius might have uttered the like, and compelled the homage of their enemies; but in these days, such magnanimity is considered frenzy, and ruin is its consequence.
- The Christian woman who can reflect upon a laborious life of domestic duty, looks back upon a scene of true virtue; and if, in order to perform the whole of her allotted task, she was obliged to repress a taste for pursuits more intellectual, the character of magnanimity is inscribed upon her conduct, however retired, or in human estimation insignificant, may have been the daily exercises to which she was appointed.
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